I caught up with Flaco in the late afternoon on Thursday. He coughed up a pellet and did some hooting.
He’s attracting a crowd, who instead of finding a safe vantage point on either side of the road, have begun standing in the middle of the bike lane. If folks don’t begin to use some common sense, it’s only a matter of time before there is an accident.
I have been expecting to begin seeing Peregrine Falcons on the El Dorado in late October, and I saw one on Thursday. It was at the top of the north tower. If it’s like previous years, we should be seeing a pair through late winter, both on the building and in trees near the north gatehouse of the reservoir.
Flaco was back on what had been a fairly normal schedule. He went from his roost tree, to a few trees before going to the construction site and then to Nuttery’s Battery. We lost track of him after that. However, we got to see and hear him for long time before he gave us the slip.
Flaco was roosting in his Oak Tree roost this afternoon. For the most part he slept, but still managed to keep any eye on his surroundings.
Flaco hooted, and coughed up two pellets (which consisted of Brown Rat fur and bones) before fly out. After fly out he went directly to a Black Locust at Compost and after using just a few perches caught a Brown Rat. He took it to a dirt pile. I was late for dinner so I had to leave, but it was amazing after a few nights where we quickly lost him, on this night we got to see him hunt before 7 pm. Owl watching can be easy or hard. Sunday night, it was easy.
On Thursday night, Flaco flew out to his regular first stop near the Green Bench (named for the person the bench honors, not the color) and then flew to a favorite perch near Nuttery’s Battery. But then we lost track of him. He seemed to be going south, but it was unclear where he ended up. Despite lots of folks looking for him, he wasn’t relocated.
